I just thought I would post one of the bookmarks I sent to kiden2. She received awhile ago so here it is:

One of her themes was caffeine and I wasn't sure how I could make it work, so I came up with the caffeine molecule instead of a cup of coffee or tea because caffeine can be found in a lot more than that.

About a week and a half ago I wanted to try my hand at freezer paper stenciling. It's very fun and I really wanted the ink to dry faster when I finally put it on the shirt. I was inspired by FOTC "The Humans Are Dead" and the vintage robots. Anyway, here's the result of my first stencil:

Concept drawing

Outer stencil off after the ink dried (so far so good)

After all the paper came off and final touches put on

And placement (please excuse the after work-I hate the world but I'm excited about my new shirt-look)

I have recently come to love hula-hooping, like really loving it, and I decided that I wanted a whole bunch. I decided that instead of spending a bunch of money on pre-made, pretty hoops, I dropped some money on irrigation tubing, connectors, and electrical tape. Here's what I came up with:

So far only three and following are close-ups of how I decorated them:

This one's a little fuzzy but it does show my favorite combination of colors- green, yellow, and white.

I recently heard about paper piecing and even though I'm a complete complete at all types of quilting, I am ambitious. I came across http://sewhooked.org/ and I just had to try the Hufflepuff paper pieced pattern. So, I tried it and it took me 3 hours from start to finish (I know it's an incredibly long time for one block but don't forget, I'm a newbie) and it came out a little wonky. There are two pieces that weren't big enough so there are missing spaces, but here it is-

I know it's not a complete project but I'm hoping that one day it will be. I want to do a Harry Potter themed quilt for my mom featuring Draco and Slytherin house. If I can do this I'll be sure to post a finished project!

I really love your fabric choices everyone. I have decided to post photos of my three finished blocks. I will let you gals figure out which states they're for (although, the one should be pretty obvious!)

I still have to square them all up because even though I cut everything to size, when I sewed the pieces together, they got all wonky

For the themed bookmark swap, one of my partner's themes was caffeine. I wasn't quite sure how to turn caffeine into a bookmark so this was what I could come up with:

I didn't get a picture of the back but it's a really nice blue fabric like the color of the word caffeine. I also put some real caffeine on the bookmark in the form of the molecule and some coffee stains. C & C appreciated! Thanks!